Name: Civic Association reviews Halloween proceeds and Beacon printing options, 1985
Start: 1985-12
End: 1985-12
Location: Beaver Island

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Event

Date: 1985-12
Kind: Meeting
Where: Beaver Island
Carried out by: Beaver Island Civic Association
Eras: Modern era
Concepts: communitycelebrationpublicationcommunicationcommerce
Within: Beaver Island

Summary

The December 1985 Beaver Beacon reported that the Civic Association’s Halloween Dance made a profit and that the organization was evaluating several ways to replace failing Beacon-printing equipment, including a stencil system, copy machine, computer and laser printer, or offset press.

Evidence limits

This is an organizational report, not an audited profit statement, equipment purchase, grant, or publication-operations ledger.

Sources

Civic Association, Beaver Beacon, December 1985.
Reports that the Halloween Dance made a profit, the button machine was being shared with other organizations, Beacon printing equipment was failing, and the Civic was comparing a new stencil cutter and mimeograph, copy machine, computer and laser printer, and offset press; a committee was formed to investigate funding and options. It is an organizational report, not an audited profit statement, equipment purchase, grant, or publication-operations ledger. The holding institution's portal restricts automated access; the archive holds a copy of this issue and can provide it on request.
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Beaver Beacon, December 1985, held issue PDF, source scan.
The held eleven-page December issue PDF is paired with the canonical OCR source and confirms the Civic Association report.
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Beaver Island Archive, “Civic Association reviews Halloween proceeds and Beacon printing options, 1985”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-civic-association-december-1985-meeting/, accessed [date], citing Civic Association, Beaver Beacon, December 1985. (and 1 further source listed on the page).

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